The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-20 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- ) Y Sole L es e eandAlanager, Mr. Geo. ti mind. THIS EVENING will be performed a new and original Drama, by R. Slous, Esq., entitled LIGHT AND SHADOW. fir. D. hurray, D. Fisher, J. W. Ray, J. Nelson, Sic.; Miss Stafford and .i.)ss Caroline Carson. Alter which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Lon and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walter Lacy. EW THEATRE-RO YAL, ADELPIII. sate Proormor and Manw.Rr, M. B. Wabater. lIITHIS EVENING, SHAKSPERE'.S HOUSE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips. Followed by THE DEAD HEART: Robert Landry (his original character). Mr. Benjamin Webster, ,uppo ted by Messrs. A. s tirling, .J. L. Toole, I'. Stuart, t'aul Bedford, B llington ; Miss Woolgar (Mrs. Alfred Mellon), Miss Kelly, ,bc. To c - laclude with T FIE AREA BELLE : lfessrs. J. L. Too:e, P. Bedford, H. Romer, Miss woolgar, and Mrs. li. Lewis. Commence at 7. lIOYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of 3r.r. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Ccmedy, by Di , ,n Boucicault ,Esq., every Evening. Re engagement of those cerebrated and popular artistes, Mr, an Mrs. Charles Mathew-,,. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charle, Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. .). Clarke, Mr. PAul Bedford, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss H rbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stir,ing. - - EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter Wore 8, an entirely new and orirrinal Comedy, in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CH ACE. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Chain )er bine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Renrietta"Simms. At ln, by particular desire, COCA AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss Fanny Josephs. R OYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. There will in this week be five opera nights, viz.. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and ;:atarday. Extra Night. _ Mdlle. Adelina Patti ; Signori RThconi, Scalese and Mario. THIS EVENING (MONDAY), June 20, will be per formed, for the last tim, but one this season, Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE Dl StVIGLIA. Rosins, Mthle. Adelina Patti ; Bertha, Madame Tagliafico ; Figaro, ,ignor Ronconi ; Bartolo, Signor Scalese ; Basilio, Signor Tagliafico; F orello, Signor Polonini ; Sargente, Signor Rossi ; and Almaviva, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Ccsta. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre -.tads, 10s. 15d., 75., and ss. ; anwhitheatre.:2B. sd. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-offic under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to five, and ac the principal musicselltrs' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL HA YMARKET.-- Eole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Hr. Howe and Miss L. Azgel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. Followed by (for the 7th time) LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR. TO conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, ,to Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechtcr. Last 6 Nights of Hamlet and the present Season. Mr. FECHT NH will perform HAMLEr THIS EVENING (Monday). Claudius, Mr. Emery ; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham ; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden hoft ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedip:ger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. Mr M'lntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Miss 31 Reniade ; and Gertrule, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half-past 7, and Hamlet com !acmes at S. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, DEAF AS A POST. Mr. Thorne. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada anborough. After which, MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, &c. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE _RESCUE. Mr. Thorne. Commence at 7. THE ASCOT.—RACE GLASSES (the best). at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, IV., corner of Ccnduit-Street. N.B.—Sole agent to voigtlander, Vienna. 11DIRIS BONNETS for JUNE.—Messrs. JAY'S Manazer has his day returned from Paris with an tseortment of th most elegant and ta,lionab!e Summer Bonnets, selected from the magasins of the first houses in that city. JAY'S, The London General Mourning Warehouse, 217,219, and 251, Regent-street. June 1, 1861. VOVEL STYLE in FRENCH BONNETS.— French fashion has produced Bonnets for this wont's of a light go , samer texture, which acc inimodate the present style of wearing and oisplayir:a the lady's h ir. They are of the most exquisite variety, and, though still adhering to the favourite colours of black white, and neutral, are entirely remodelled in shape, size, and substance. Spe imported from Paris for JAY'S, The Lca2an General Niourninz Warehouse, 247, 249, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. ..... .235. per tan. Double 20s. per ton. Top 9 25. „ Deep Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W.. and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke 'ls. per chlldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THF; SUN," L Containing' the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, an be had Every Evening of G. R. GLhNIE, Nmvs AGENT, No. 4, Connaunht•terraee, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, June 20, 1864. - --- - THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 66 Barometer-29.94. WIND —S.W. ; fresh breeze, and very fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. DA:T.—Morning, 1%. 59m.—Afternoon, 2h. 21m. To-Ronnow.-Uorning, 2h. 47o2.—Afternoon, 3h. 10m. ZP ' 7 " ll7-, SUIT LONDON, MONDA •------Y, juNE 20, 1864. -___ The Government on Friday eveningsustained one of the severest shocks that have yet assailed its tot tering strength. It is true that they escaped a re petition of those defeats which have been groNcing lately by no means uncommon, and that the divi sion which closed a lengthened debate resulted in their favour. But the victory was like that of PYRRHUS, scarcely less damaging than a repulse, and iu fact a majority of seven in a house of four hundred and fifty-nine members is a virtual defeat. The real blow to the Cabinet, however, was not the alarming amount of the minority, or the narrow escape of a vote of censure, circumstances su2- ciently ominous in themselves to produce a strong manifestation of party feeling on the declaration of the numbers; the real danger to the Govern ment was in the debate whicj preceded the sloe, and in thestartling diaalosures which it elicited, and whose effect no ccan:er charges, however reck leea, no official ingenuity, however skilful, could avail to mitigate. The Government stand con victed, unless they can being forward a much more satisfactory defence than any they have as yet made, ilalividnally or collectively, of having rashly ex posed the lives of our troops to needless danger, of paving hastily entered into a war which was likely to bring us nothing but loss and discredit, of havicg entirely neglected those precautions for the health end accommodation of the men whiah the most m a dioary rules of common prudence would direct to be much more in folawed in the healthiest locrlit ;hc deadliest spot of a coast which he, been s t y l e d , Wish only too touch truth, the g rave of Euro peansa' It seems that while proclaiming our lov e of peace with a farceur and a pertinacity that make us ti.e laughing-stock of the civilised world, w e ars engaged in half a dozen w ars in outlandish quarters while scarcely know ing it. Certainly, as Sir JOHN HAY remarked, iL was not until vary recently generally known that we were at war with the King of As HAN TEE, and We might almost quote the hacknied lines which tells'us that 'tis folly to b 5 wise in some cases, since a more melancholy and humiliating record of human life wasted and needless saffzr ing iafLcted by official indifference And mismanagement bag seldom dark- ened our annals. Ashantee is situated in the Bight of Benin, in one of the most unfavourable parts of that sickly locality. We have a treaty with its KING, dealing among other points with matters of extradition, always excepting the restitution of escaped slaves. Two slaves fled to Cape Coast, bearing with them, it is said, some stolen gold. The KING insisted upon their extradition on the ground that they were criminals, The Governor objected on the ground that they were slaves. Evidence of their guilt was demanded, and argu ments went on. Surely this was a case for negotia tion or compromise rather than warfare. But the KING proceeded to ravage a territory under the protectorate of England, and forthwith a war was commenced, if that can be called a war in which our troops were matched with no mortal foe, but with the pestilence that walketh in darkness, that dee stroyeth in the noonday. A large number of troops, mostly coolies from the West Indies, were landed on Cape Coast Castle at the commencement of the rainy reason, without any adequate preparation being made for their reception or accommodation in a country in which, above all others, such provision is a matter of absolute necessity. Cape Coast Castle, 1,100 miles from Sierra Leone, is a settlement standing cn a projecting rock. To the east of it is a small river, which during the great part of the year is a swamp, and whose water is unfit for the use of man or beast. It is well known that one of the worst of the many insidious dangers of the gold coast is the quality of the water, which produces a dire disease. The water used in this settlement is collected in tanks for the dry season, and the quantity of water required for the use of the regular garrison-230 men—was kept in the port. What official eloquence, what skilful special pleading, can mitigate the fact of sending men to such a coast without any provision for supplying them with extra water ? It is useless to tell us of a distilling apparatus which got to work in May, when the troops were landed in August, as it is useless for the Prime Minister to declare that in the course of a feito days after they arrived they were all placed under shelter. In the course of a few days in a climate like that of the Gold Coast ! As Mr. COCHRANE reminded the House, those charged with the interests of the navy must have known the nature of that coast, where at some seasons the vapours are of a poisonous and dangerous character, The result of the whole affair was, that two expedi tions were sent up the country, one of 700 men, of whom 180 were dead within five days, another of 400 men, of whom half were dead oe disabled. Is this a result likely to strike terror to the Ashantee King ? Private accounts are even more frightful in their details. A letter, well authenticated, but whose writer was not mentioned, says that out of twenty-six cfficers nearly half have been invalided home, three have died, and four are so ill as to be confined to bed; while of the twelve medical offi cers who accompanied these ill .fated troops three are fever-stricken, three more invalided, and one dead ; so that the condition of the surgeons is not much better than that of their patients. Four weeks ago Sir JOHN PAKINGTON called attention to the state of affairs, when the Colonial Secretary announced that it was the intention of the Govern. meat to despatch transports immediately to the fatal spot to remove from it troops equal in number to the extra reinforcements, so as to reduce the amount to those ordinarily accommodated. This tour weeks ago; but the promise so glibly given was kept after the fashion of most Whig pledges. The best the Government could do to retrieve its error and save the victims of its precipitancy and folly from still heavier losses was to advertise for a sailing vessel --not a steamer, on account of the expense. Well migl.t the House murmur at such a tale. Blt even then the full measure of cruel neglect was not filled up. Such as she is, this sailing vessel has not yet startei. The best tender that was offered was taken, says Loid C. PAGET, and the men have been working day and night to get her ready. The naval reputation of the Govern- ment mast stand high indeed if the best vessel 'offered for their service needs a month's hard work to get ti er fit for sea. Mr. CORRY spoke the feeling of the House and the country when he said that " The moment the cry of distress came from Africa the Admiralty ought to have applied to 0e_ 4 , 3 of the great steam navigation cons - zanies for one of their most powerful, roo m y, and rapid steamers at any price. nut when Sir JOHN HAY mourning the 10A of a near rela tive sacrificed in this wanto,a waste of life gave notice of his motion, a er.dden energy inspired the Government. They ;aye orders that the Gladiator should at once 5'..1.1 for Cape Coast to fetch away the remnant of the troops. But with all the fine veseels at their disposal the Admiralty thought fit to select a ship declared on unquestioneble authority to ba totally unfitted for the purpose, thus needlessly aggravating the sufferings of the invalids. She is to be met at Cape de Verde by a sailing transport, to take the coolies to the West Indies. Why, since the Portuguese will not permit them to land there, not have sent two steamers to convey them at once in comfort across the Atlantic ? The landing of the troops recalls meat forcibly the dieembarka tion in the Crimea ; in fact General PEEL, a mem-. ber of the memorable committee, declared ttat We had, on the Gold C oas t, a repet i t i on on a smaller scale of all th e h orrors o f t h e first winter in the Crimea. The responsibility such miemanage ment cannot be lightly got .id of. Lerd PALMER ' STON'S defence was a algnal failure. Ho endeav oured, with his es :al ingenuity, to turn the ques tion fro m the management of the trcops to the war ; b e _ fen then it was impossible not to remem ber that the mts f te t r h:c h c o ,u s n o tr e y m r p e h q a u t i i r c e a d ll t y h d at ec E la n r eg d . i ihprotection tb,at th e h e °u t : o sh ould not be an empty word, had not 8 carriedout that pr i nciple quite so boldly in the north of Europe as on the African gold Coast. The noble lord's attempt to divert the matter from a national question into a P a rty movement was also unsuccessful. Jokes felt fiat before the lists of the dead and disabled. IRdignant denials and rash assertions were powerless unsupp orted by evidence. 101 pardonabl e an life. It is no li g ht thing to trifle away human However inno cen t the intention, it is n offence to undertake great duties and to neglect their adequate fulfilment. Englishmen will never shrink from sacrificing their lives when duty ell them, but they will not tamely submit to a lavish expenditure of life and treasure through a coi. bination of recklessness, improvidence, and neglect There are few things more difficult to define than the nature of appointments; it is almost impossible to draw a line as to where influence should n :t pre vail, and favouritism have no share. It is seldom that so glaring an instance of this kind of thing is made manifest as was the case the other night when Mr. FERRAND brought forward his motion on the Board of Charity Commissioners. The hon. member did not do his cause any service by 'sing such vehement language, but, at the same time, he adduced arguments which it may be presumed were unanswerable, for no member of the Governs ment attempted to refute them. Mr. BRUCE ex. pressed virtuous indignation at the tone adopted by Mr. FERRAND, and in this plea he very ingeni ously shfiled out of inquiry on the subject. If he really considered that the Commissioners were so misrepresented in the statements of the hoe. mem- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JITI - c,.E 20, 1864. ber, surely the best service that he could have rendered to them would hare been to have proved the fallacy of his arguments, and contradicted hie assertions in the most effective manner by an inves tigation. There is no use whatever in making the excuse that such a thing would have been done had this been otherwise or that taken place in a different manner. The fact is, that all legislation that depends on "ifs" for its basis is very purpose. less, and when the apologists of a system are so willing to seize on every available excuse, it makes one suspicious as to their chance of success if the subject had been thoroughly sifted. It is quite cer tain that, allowing for exaggeration by Mr. FER RAND, quite sufficient remains to prove that great blame attaches to the authorities in their manage ment of this matter, and that the public would be surpt ieed and displeased if all the facts were elicited. It is always the fate of these transactions that the secret at last creeps out, and when an inkling of the affair is made further attempts of concealment only aggravate the evil and increase the dilemma. It would seem as if all the golden days of prosperity for the Ministers were now over, as if the " sun that shone so long on them it now had ceased to shine," for turn which way they will they find nothing but censure passed on their con duct, and meet with nothing but disapproval, The speech of Mr. FERRAND, which has been permitted to go first to the country uncontradicted in all im portant particulars, will do great damage to official credit, or there will be many not slow to remark that the most was made of the ingenious excuse of " personal attack," while no defence was essayed ; and a sort of deprecatory expostulation put forward in lieu of a plain reply to direct charges and decided remarks. For instance, Mr. FERRAND avers that the Charity Board of Commissioners was a " select nest of Whigs;" and Mr. BRUCE discreetly waives the consideration of that part of the question, but declares that they were all men of acknowledged ability and integrity; in short, all honourable men. But Mr. FERRAND went much further than dealing in generalities, of hinting vaguely at this or that discrepancy in the conduct of this department. He spoke in very plain terms of some signal in stances of patronage, in which public interest was completely lost sight of, in order that some private motives might prevail and secret intentions be duly carried out. Mr. OSBORNE in his amusing speech made some very telling observations on the state of the case as it stands at present. He said, that to allow grave charges to pass like this was a great injury done to the gentlemen in the public offices, and that such assertions must be met with an inquiry. This is a grave statement, that ought to have weighed with the Government, but doubt less they know best what sort of answer would be made. As the case stands now a gross injustice has been done to these gentlemen ; it is always an erroneous practice to omit explanations when charges of so grave a nature are brought forward. There is nothing in which the Government ought to be more careful than in selecting fit and compe tent persons to undertake important duties, and certainly from what was mentioned on Thurs day, it would not appear as if this de sirable end had been at all arrived at. It seems strange that Lord PALMERSTON should have allowed such aspersions on his character to pass by unnoticed, either by himself or some of his friends and supporters. There is no doubt that all these remarks and observations were more directed against the authorities iu headquarters than against the more humble individuals chiefly mentioned. Allowing, for the sake of argument, that much and alt was true that Mr. FERRAND 5o vehemently declared about Mr. SIMONS and others, nothing in the statement at all effected their reputation com pared with the manner in which it comproml„d those who had appointed him to the office h, fi lled. It is a serious thing to say a ga i nst any official that for party ends and private purpos'el ho has been '- in duced to appoint those h e kn ews are not comp e t ent to any post wh a t ever , an therefore it does app ear . ,* inconsistent that no 'explanation was vou,cheated,and no answer giv'en to the series of extraordinary relations, 'end the curious questions put by the reember for Newport. He overreached him 4e,lit' in being so bitter, for many who might Lave supported him, had he come forward in a quieter style, were naturally deterred from acting when they found the matter so personal and almost offensive in its bearing. Still, enough has been said or done to inflict considerable dam ag e on the management of the wh o l e affair, a. l d t h e successful extrication of the Governme Tic frum th e comm i ttee did not preclude the awleveardnees altogether which inseparably attaches itself to these insinu a ti ons an d suggestions. It would appear as if the Cabinet cared for nothing that did not absolutely imperil their position, and prevent them from keeping in their possession the blessings of place and power. We make no apology for again adverting to the question of the " Amalgamation of the Customs and Excise," being well assured that it is a subject which may with great advantage engage the attention of all practical reformers. For although we aro not sarlguine enough to believe that the time will ever come—certainly not in our generation—when the duties collected by these great revenue departments will be reduced within such licaita that the two services may be undertaken by one Commission, yet are we equally confident in our belief that thero are many departments in the two services performing analogous duties, we refer more especially to those of law and statistics, which might, with great advantage to the public interest and a corresponding economy of the public puree, be united under one control. In animadverting upon the grievances of the Custom House officials, as set forth in the numerous petitions which have lately been presented to the House of Commons, we have taken especial care not to confound the public weal with the personal inte rests of the petitioners. Inasmuch as private rights must give way to the public good ; so great as are the grievances alleged by the Custom House officials, ware they not inconsistent with the public good, we should decline in the interests of the public to have anything to do with them. But we stated then, as we take leave now to re- peat, that the system which obtains in this branch of the civil service, whilst operating prejudicially in respect to those employed is at the same time both intffi.cient and unsatisfactory to the mercantile public generally. The numerous letters which have appeared in our columns, as well as in those of our contemporaries —not even excepting those of our London Charivari, of whom we are all prond—in approval of our remarks, and condemnatory of Custom-house official procedure, are, in themselves, undeniable evidence of this fact, as well as showing that the pablie are alive to the manifold incon veniences arising from their circumlocutory mode of transacting business, and to the baneful effects_ the penny-wise and pound -foolish system —of icsufficiently remunerating a most useful and in telligent branch of Government officials. On a former occasion we showed that, by a sim plification of the system, of account and a re-ar rangement of departments, both the public and the employes could be radically and permanently bene fited—the former by receiving atati6ticlll informa- tion in a more direct, and therefore speedier manner; the Igter bj being pieced on a footing in unison Above all, as a means of removing the prevailing discontent, let due consideration be given to all well-founded complaints; since it is manifestly un" just to treat officials front whom the Government has exacted a high standard of education and effi ciency, and who confessedly discharge their duties intelligently and faithfully, with studied indiffe rence or shuttling expedients. We all know from the returns which the Statisti cal department of the Customs has furnished Mr LINDSAY that all branches of commerce have doubled, and in many cases quadrupled, within the last 15 years. We also know that with the increase and diffusion of wealth come habits more expensive and tastes more refiaed, and it is only right and just that the Government officials should participate with the rest of the community in this higher standard of civilization and refinement. We would further take leave to remind the Go vernment that this is the era of amalgamations. The most acute and businesslike men in the City act upon the time-honoured maxim that " Union is Strength," and in furtherance of this principle have foand that no ;(eat underte.kings can be carried out with reaectiable hope of profit except by Companies and isocieties. Indeed, so strongly imbued is the public mind with this "idea" that the majority of our Banking, and many mercantile firms, have either themselves fused for their better success, or have quietly glided into joint-stock companies; it having been practically demonstrated that Companies can work cheaper from their organization being at once more simple and complete, thue enabling them to remunerate their servants better, while Securing at the same time an ample profit to their share. holders, So it must also be with the Customs and the Ex ciae. Willing or unwilling the governing bodies of these departments must prepare themselves to follow, since they will not lead, in the wake of public opinion. Either the high salaries given to Boards and Chiefs of departments are for their past services or their present management. If ior the former, let them take what they have earned and be gone ! If for the latter, let them give the State the results of their experience, and, like she great Sir ROWLAND HILL, organise and reorganise their departments until the complaints of the public aro satibfied, and the discontent and diseatisfaction of the Service removed. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Their Royal High nesses the Prince and PlincEss of Wales, accom panied by their Royal Highm sees the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, hon oured the performances at t h e R o y a l Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Baroness de Grancey, Baron Westerweller, and Col, Kep pel. Among the fashionable company present were the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Granada, the Marquis of Hartington, the Earl of Strathmore, the Earl Granville, the Countess of Fife, the Countess of Craven and the Ladies Craven, the Earl and Countess of Egmont, the Earl and Countess of Bective, the Earl and Countess of Cardigan, the Earl of Uxbridge, the Count and Countess IVczele, Count Bathyany, Viscount and Viscountess Hereford, Viscount Hinchinbroke, Via • count Maynard and the Hon. Miss Maynard, Lord and Lady Poltimore and Miss Sheridan, Lord Stanley of Alder ley, Lady Panmure, Lord Hastings, Lord and Lady Trede gar, Lady Henrietta Allen and Miss Allen, Lady Gertrude Rolle and the Hon. Mark Rolle, Lady Ernest Bruce, Lady Florence Paget, Lady Honeywood, Lord and Lady Walls• court and the Hon. Miss Blake and the Hon. Mrs J. Mac donald, Lady Augusta Milbank and Mr Milbank, L a d y D aB hwcody Lord and Lady Edward Thynhe, Lord Lim over, Colonel the Hon. St. George Foley, Hon. Mrs Cust, Hon. Mrs Duff, Hon. Mrs Dudley Ward, Hon. Mrs Pereira, Hon. Mr and Mrs F. Stonor, Hon. F. L. Gower, Hon. H. Eliot, Lady W. Fraser, Sir Laurence Palk, Sir G. Army. tage, Lady Gooch and Miss 60001, Lord Rutland and Lady Airey, Admiral Ryder Burton, Colonel Farquharson (of Invercauld), Colonel Minchin, Colonel Dickson and Mrs Dickson, Colonel Cuddy, Colonel Airey, Major Gage, Cap tain Pemberton, Captain Spiers, Mrs Cavendish lietttinck, &c. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. —The Queen's box at Her Majesty's Tneatro was, on Saturday evening, occupied by the Countess de Grey and party. Amongst the numerous visitors also honouring Htr Majesty's Theatre with their attendance were the Duke and Duchess of Wel lington, the Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis of Ormonde, the Marquis and Marchioness or Clanricarde, the Countess of Bective, the Earl of Mounteharles, the Countess of Desert, Maria Marchioness of Ailcsbury, the Earl and Countess of Caruigan, the Viscountess Midleton, the, Lady Vis Vis count Exmouth, Lord Edward Thynne, Lady Clarges Lawley, Lady Mary Fane, General Sir G. Bowles, K.C.8., Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., and Lady Howard, General Sir Proby Cantley, Sir Ivor Berrie Guest. Bart, fzc. ASSEMBLY AT CAMBRIDGE HOUSE,—ViSCOUnt and Viscountess Palmerston gave a grand dinner on Sa turday evening at Cambridge Hcuse, Piccadilly. His Roy a l Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, C. 8., honoured the noble Premier and her ladyship by his company. . . Lady Herbert of Lea, we learn by telegraph, i s detained at Constantinople by the serious illness, f rom fever, of her eldest daughter, Lady Mary llerbert. It w i ll be recollected by many of our readers that her ladyshi p and family passed the winter in Egypt, and, following th e example of most of the English tourists in the East, after leaving Alexandria went on a tour in Turkey. The E ar l of Pembroke and Lady Maude Herbert had left Constanti nople for home before Lady Mary was taken ill, intending to proceed to England via Trieste and Vienna. The youth ful earl and his sister are daily expected to reach London. Lady Itiail has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Di& Dowager Lady Bowyer Smijth and Mr and Mrs Bary have left the Brunswick Jermyn-street, on their return to Thorpe Lee, with other branches of the Civil Service performing analogous duties to themselves. At the same time the increased cost, as shown, being trifling, com pared with the great advantages that would imme diately accrue to all the parties concerned. As guardians of the public purse we would never advocate any system that should be productive of needless expense; but when we see demoralisation and dissatisfaction eating like a canker into a great department of the State ; when, moreover, we see the discontent of a large and respectable body of public officials—a discontent, too, which in candour we cannot say is unjustified by the causes al leged es the grounds thereof, as well as being evidenced by freuent resignations—we at once conclude that there is a wrong to he remedied. " Übi jus ibi remedium' is a maxim as applicable here as in a court of law or equity. And although the amount of right of these complainants is one of com parison only, it is not the less a right, for both civil society and individual status are alike estimated by this standard of comparison. In what way, then, can the heart-burnings and discontent of this generally deserving class of offi• cials be removed, and the service restored to a really sound and workable condition P Any large addition to the Civil Service Estimates would hardly be submitted to in the present temper of the House of Commons ; nor would the Government be justified in any such proposal. But such an addition is not sought by these petitioners. The whole that is really required is that the House of Commons should fol low in the wake of public opinion in the manage ment of the business which the nation intruste to them. Let them grant the Committee which the petitioners ask for. Let their alleged grievances be thoroughly sifted by the Committee when granted; but above all, we speak in the interest of the public, let the mode of transacting business whether in passing an &try or supplying Accounts, undergo a thorough and searching investigation. For ourselves, we believe th a t th ere i s amp l e scope in the redundancy of forms and circumlo cutory system of obtaining accounts from the Customs through the Board of Trade for the pruning knife of a judicious legislator, as well as in placing analogous departments under one management, and in weeding the service of those who are either use less or unnecessary. It is to this last that we should look to effect a saving that might be beneficially applied in increasing the incomes of the really effective employes of the service. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] LITERATURE. Maude Talbot. By Holme Lee. With Five Illus. tra-tions. New edition. One vol. pp, 405. Smith, Elder, and Co. Th e new volume of Messrs. Smith and Elder's illustrated editions of popular works contains a re-issue of Holm° Lee's very charming story of " Maude Talbot," a very happy selection, for the history of tne ambitious Maude and the gentle Lettico is full of interest and instruction. In the frontispiece, the fair heroine is seen deep in a momentous reverie, discussing the rival claims of Lova and Ambition. The poet has told us how when " Lovo took up the glass of Time and turned it in his glowing hands, E very moment, lightly shaken ran itself in golden sands," Maude Talbot makes a different selection, and the golden sunshine is banished from her life. The story is one of the best from Holme Lee's prolific pen. lhoughts from a Girls Life. By Lucy Fletcher, One vol. pp. 162. INLemiliun and Co. " These verses," says the writer, "are the true expressions of the thoughts and feelings of a girl's life, and as such they are given specially to other girls." The little poems thus introduced justify their author's comment. They are eminently thoughtful and suggestive of thought. They do not evince any great poetical merit, but are remarkable for their simplicity and earnestness. In one little poem, entitled " Singing," the fair authoress ex claims, and evidently with truth— FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE DESTRITMON OF THE " ALABAMA." SOUTHAMPTON; JUNE 20. From further particulars received here of yester day's engagement it appears that Capt. Semmes accepted the challenge cf the Kearsage to fight, although aware that his adversary carried 50 more men than his own vessel, and was a larger ship with heavier guns. Capt. Semmes was not, how ever, aware the Koarsage was chain-plated under her outside planking. Shortly after the action commenced a shot from the Kearsage killed three men on board the Ala bama, cutting them to pieces, and a second shot wounded three more men and killed another; while a third shot carried away the blade of the Alabama's fan and part of the rudder on her deck, disabling a gun and causing much damage. Below and forward her compartments were all carried away, and the fire-room was filled with water. The Alabama fought under sail, first using her starboard battery, and afterwards her port battery. Sae continued the engagement until the muzzles of her guns were under water, and one part of her deck was covered with dead and wounded. When found in a sinking state the Alabama ceased fighting, and lowered her boats, in which the dead and wounded were placed. Shortly after terwards the Alabama sank, the officers and crew jumping into the sea, when the Kearsage's boats came up to assist in saving the crew. The cffieer in command of the boats inquired for Semmes, and was told that he was drowned, whereas he had already been picked up by the yacht Deerhound and stowed away, the yacht having then steamed off with all speed, expecting the Kearsage would attempt to capture those on board. Before the Alabama left Cherbourg to engage the Kears9ge Capt. Semmes sent on shore an iron chest containing specie, 60 chronometers, and other valuables. The engagement is described by the owner of the yacht Deerhound as a most brilliant affair, the fighting being severe and at short distance. The Alabama's guns were served most rapidly, but doing less execution. The Kearsage, however, is said to have sustained much damage, her sides being torn open, showing the chain plating. The officers of the Alabama estimate their loss in killed and wounded at from 30 to 40 men. Captain Semmes is very unwell, through being in the water a considerable time, and in ons equenGe of the wound in his hand. FRANCE. MARSEILLES, JUNE 20. Advices from Tangiers state that the Governor of Tetuan has been dismissed sod thrown into prison. MARSEILLES JUNE 20. The Messageries Imperieles steamer Said, Capt. Burnet, left here yesterday with the India end China mails. She took 40 passengers, 391 packages of merchandise, £lBB,OlB in specie for India and China, and 60 passengers, 1,774 packages and specie, value £5,210, for Alexandria. Adviees from Alexandria state that the Emir Addel-Kader, after having terminated his pilgrim age to Mecca, was brought from Suez to Cairo on the 6th by a special railway train. M. de Sainte Pais, the French consul, went to receive him at the station, and conducted him to the palace of Missafir- Kaneb, placed at his disposal by the Viceroy. The Em:r's intention was to have proceeded imm'Aliateiy to Syria, but as the packet for Beyrout would not leave for a fortnight, he intended to devote the in terval to visiting the works of the Suez Canal. BOURSE, June 18.—The market continues in the same unsettled state, with little business doing. Threes, for the Account, after having been done a 4 66f. 5e., are now at 66fr. 121 c., with rather seilera than buyers. Mohilier are a trifle lower, having been last done at 1,077 f. 50c. Railway Market weak, and some of the lines have sligh.ly receded. The market closed as follows : 4t per Cents .. 93 50 Do. emd month.... -- -- Italian Loan 69 90 I Do. end month 69 90 Ditto Threes.. •• • • 43 New Mexican Russian Austrian .. B2 Spanish Threes bli Home Debt Deferred rAIYB. 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 10 Credit Mobilier 1076 25 Do end month 1075 Bank Shares ....__,- 3395 -- Credit Fonder 1240 Roman Cash. Account. 871 25 .. 870 Orleans ; Northern 987 60 .. 992 60 Lyons and Mediterranean 877 50 .. 877 50 New ditto Southern Western Eastern -- - .. -- 650 - .. 651 25 502 50 .. -.-- 465 - .. 465 -- 366 25 .. 367 60 406 25 ~ 410 - 525 -- .. 527 50 441 25 .. 443 75 568 75 .. 570 - 255 --- .. 257 60 Sardinian .. Austrian Lon , bard Nortll of Spain Saragoasa Ditto to Barcelona HIS HOLINESS THE POPE, at the instigation of the Archaeological Institution of Rome, is about to restore Cola di Rienzi's house near the Temple of Vests. " BROTHER BERNARD" of the English Order of St. Benedict, has joined the Roman Catholic Church at " St. Joseph's Retreat," Highgate, MR. CHARLES DICKENS'S "Great Expectations" has been translated into French by Ch. B. Derosne. BLAKE'S CONVERSATION WITH THE GHOST OF VOLTAIRE.—When the shrewd English barrister asked whether Voltaire spoke in English, Blake replied, " The impression on my mind was English of course, but I have no doubt that he touched the keys French." A FRENCH SENSATION NOVEL has just appeare3 called " Les Drames de Montfaucon," in which the prao • flees of the barber of the middle ages, who supplied his neighbour the pastry cook with human flesh for pies, are set forth in true modern sensational language. " ANYTHING NEW IN THE PAPERS"''—" Some- , thing A-maizing.—The celebrated paper manufactory of Schlagelmuhl, at Vienna, has succeeded, after many at tempts, in producing excellent paper from maize leaves. EARL RUSSELL'S FIRST WIFE, the Countess of Ribblesdale, was a widow, and a lady of ample proportions, hence his lordship was called by the wits the widow's mite. "Ohl" exclaimed a lady to whom this witticism was re lated at a dinner party, " I now see how it came to pass that his lordship was cast into the Treasury l"—Bristol Mercury. QUEEN'S PLATES. —Mr. Percy Wyndham has given notice that on Tuesday, the 28th June, he will move in the Commons, " That as the annual grant of sums of money voted by this house for Queen's Plates no longer mourages the breed of good horses, the object for which it was originally given, it should for the future be discon tinued." The Royal servants (with the exception of those in immediate attendance upon her Majesty) have resetned their scarlet liveries, with crape on the left arm. Her Ma jesty has not yet allowed any music) at the Castle. The private band does not play, and the military relieve guard without the band or drums and fifes playing,—Capri Journal. MARSHAL PELISSIER iS to have a statue in the middle of the Boulevare de Sebastopol." RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS OF THE SOLDIERS AND MARINES.—From a return which has been made to Parliament of the numbers and religious denomina tions of all the soldiers in her Majesty's land marine forces, whether stationed at home or abroad, it appears that on the lst of April last a total of 194,366 men were classed as follows :—Episcopalians, 109,760; Presbyterians, 20,798; other Protestants, 5,290; Roman Catholics, 58,608. In the cavalry there were 1.5,015 Protestants of all denominations and 2,7 r Roman Catholics; while in the infantry of the line the proportion differs considerably, the number of Pro testants being 82,518, and of Roman Catholics 48,348. The Royal Marines numbered on the same date 15,193 Protestants of all denominations, and 1,448 Roman Catholics. THE LIVERPOOL RAMS.—A correspondent, in a letter to ns, writes as follows:—Had the British Ministry allowed the two Liverpool rams, the Pamper°, and the iron cased frigate now belonging to the Danish Government, and lying in Glasgow harbour, to go to the assistance of the Confederates, the strong probability is that ere now the latter would have achieved their independence, and the lives of between 100,000 and 200,000 men saved. Illy thA Whin 'RIG, haVia 11111nb to RA IL " I sing my heart out for the gladness in it, As less a poet than a happy bird, Singing because I must sing as the linnet, Unthinking by what ears my song is heard." Some of fuer fanciful images are felicitous, as when she speaks of the leaves and flowers wakened i❑ the early morning by the "mother kiss of dawn." One little poem,'' The Cniidren's Future," is very hap pily conceived and very ingeniously carried out— the moral lesson of life— " Here is love His to be trusted, Yonder to be understood," receives in these simple verses a very appropriate and charming illustration. Day Dreams of a Schoolmaster. By D'Arey W. Ttiompson. One Vol. pp. 328. Edmonston and Douglas. In a kindred spirit to that in which Childe Harold detested Horace as associated with the reminiscences of the Latin grammar— The dull task that daily turned My sickening memory," —in a kindred spirit does the Schoolmaster before us express his disapproval of the ordinary forcing, mechanical, and incomprehensible system of modern education. Pitifully does he dilate upon the sorrows of his early experiences, when, at the age of seven and a half he entered as a pupil on the under form at St. Edmund's. • The Six Slaters of the Valley : Histor ical Romance. By the B ev . W. B ram ley- M oore, 111. A. One vol. pp. 502. Ill ustrate d. Lectg atall and Co. This is an historical ro mance , f oun ded on tb : wars of the Walden ses , ce l e b rate d i n the °a ce of Milton. On th e titl e - p a ge the rev. author quotes from the C ount d e M ontalembert the fol lowing approp r i a t e o b servat i on I d e clare that I feel en invincible h orror f or a ll tortur es and t violence inflicted upon humanity under the p ret , n es , of serving or defendi ng re li g i on " —an which will meet with very general sympathY f r6— t Christians of all d enom i nat i ons i n t h e Pr egli century. Whether Ch r i st i an c h ar i ty is likelY to be promoted by a revival of past an i mos ities 8 ' forth in the pages of a romance i s a question that might judiciously be suggested to the B°sl advocates of religious toleration. Essays on Social Subjects from the Saturday Review. One vol., pp. 305, Blackwood - The very vigorous and occasionally brilli ° o essays upon social subjects, which have for O m time past interested the readers of the Salu r t g .Review, are here c o ll ec t e d i n one volume, w_ll— be welcomed by th ose a l rea d y fam ili a r wi th wi th his writer, while other s , as yet unacqua i n ted wi tb his felicitous animadversions upon men and tbing" have now a pleasantopportunityof examining t bet33 : l „ "Busy People" and "Foolish Things," on "Sal ion Disagreeable Things," and "Having Oae' u " h - e Way ;" on "The Want of Money," and " Uses of Pathos," on "False Shame" and " on " Snubbing" and " Shirking," arc., &c.- - s uc are the topics for consideration. The writer or' happily, on the title-p age , t h a t h a " sa t clown , , write a book to tell th e wor ld what t h e O rtd o . had all his life b een teliin him"--and Euc h is evidently the case. These essays are for the most part the results of attentive obser'o 3:l°l3 ; and if they ar e some o f t h em super fi c i a l in mode of treatment, they are ad animated and vi va ' cicus in style, while, besides that, most of they very interesting and attractive. wv:Aef „„T ar . • 't THE LATIN GRAMMAR. The day after my entry into this colossal institution, a Latin grammar was placed into my hands. It was a bulky book of its kind : considering the diminutiveness of the new student, a portentously bulky nook. It was bulky in con sequence of its comprehensiveness, It gave all imaginable rules, and all imaginable exceptions. It had providentially stored within it the requisite gear for whatever casualty might befall us. The syntax rules, in the edition presented to me, were, for the first time, rendered mercifully in Eng lish : those for gender and quantity remained in the old Latin; and the Latin was communicated in a hideously discordant rhythm. Over a space of years we went syste matically through and through that book; page alter page, chapter after chapter. It was all unintelligible ; all obscure ; but some spots were wrapt in more tnan ordinary gloom. Our chronic bewilderment was varied from time to time by shooting pains, brought on by some passage or expression unusually indigestible. We read of creatures, happily few in number, that went about in the _Epicone Gender. Were they fish, flesh, or fowl ? Would the breed be ever extinct ? Under certain desperate circumstances, a participle and a noun together were bound hand and foot, and put into the Ablative Absolute. What had they done, to be treated in a manner thus peremptory, unreasonable, crotchety ? Did they ever get out after being once put in ? Then there were gerunds in Di, Do, and Dam. How they recalled to us that old Fee, Fi, Finn, and the smell of English blood I And aupines in C m an d U. What was the meaaltig of these cabalistic nams ? I did not know then ; and I don't know now. And yet I have been behind the scholastic curtain for twelve long years. Bewailing the fate of himself and his fellow-victims ha continues — The round-shot of a Latin grammar had bean, I believe, tied to our legs, to prevent our intellectually straying. However, in course of time we became habituated to the encumbrance, and ceased to feel it as a serious check upon our movements. Thehour at length arrived, in which it was considered wise to attach another round-shot to our other legs. This was done accordingly in the shape of a Greek grammar, written entirely in Latin. This extra weight answered the purpose effectually : we were all brought to an immediate standstill A little later on the Schoolmaster tells us how he would impart Latin and other learning after his own fashion, by calling in aid the understanding rather than the memory. A quaint humour per vades the whole series of meditations. In the one chapter entitled " Teeth on edge and closed lips" we have an amusing glimpse of university exami nations and school exhibitions, beginning— The Cardinal of Westminster has the reputation of being the bast Latinist of all that now wear scarlet stockings. What an interesting experiment it would be to kidnap his Eminence with the ambassador from Athens into the Cam bridge senatediouse, when the annual prize exercises were being read in Latin and Greek verse. The very (3elightful chapter on " Nursery Reform" is worthy of bei:lg read by all mothers and all Governesses. The Schoolmaster premises thut he loves little children— And I care not whether they be blonde or brown ; clean or dirty; lordlings or chimne7•sweepkins. Not a button. I would rather they were not not too gootl ; or goody. Let us have a little naughtiness, sprinkled in at intervals : it gives a flavour to the insipidity of vegetable innocence. A Pharisee is not a pleasant object, be he clad in swallow tails or cotton frock. And there is a soda: Pharisee as well as a religions ono. Clean fade and glossy curls must never frown upon little, smutty, streetling Publieeet. No, no : it is quite possible that this little sparrow-boy' but rarely waehes his face ; more rarely says his prayers ; at. d never blows his nose : which practices are common with genteel ca nary-ehildren. But not a sparrow falloth to the ground without our Father. Let us all halt a share of natural commoners; of whole some naughtiness; of clean dirt. Let us stand occasionally in the colter of repentance ; " outside of all joy, like Neptune in the cold," Then will we promise to he good ; we will throw tiny ESTMS round papa's neck ; will kiss him half way through his yellow beard ; we'll be happy for ever, and ever, and ever, and live on key and almond rock, 0 the bliss of making up I The rain after drought the sunshine after rain ! Yea : 'tie a sweet thing and a pleasant to have been a little naughty. Eliminate misdoing from the world, and you annihilate charity. The air is uninhabitable from a surplus of oxygen. The good deea shines no longer that glistened like a glow worm in a naughty world. Imagine, reader, the humUlat ing condition of a good parson who has overdone his duty : the vestrymen are better than he ; the clerk is better than the vestrymen; the pewopener is suspected of being better than them all. Why, the church is top-heavY another effort, and it will stand upon its spire. Come back to the old ways, my friend. There must be degrees; there must be degrees. But while I can regard with somplacency a little naughtiness in children, I am grieved to the heart to see their eyes dimmed ever so little, and their cheeks ever so ehtly pale. 0 me, for the faces that one sees at times, so wee, an 2 wan, and old I for the littletrnyElde o r f s who th: g And snd begin life at the wry_ ._,' m orons hen follows a very L.- descriptio n horrors of rudimentary edut.,!ltlon—learn log by rote:-- From dawn to eve, this summer's day, they are commit ting to memory all words that end in ock, tits rock, IC.4zosk, block, rock, stock, smock, flock—beginning with a cots that must not crow; for the fowl is as - yet unproviden with verb, and cujagatien, and voice—most essential this for crowing —and mood and tense, and number and person ; and ending with a flock that must neither frolic nor bleat. To-morrow they will give undivided at tention to words that end in dom, as kingdom, beadledom ; the day following, to words in ition, as deglutition, per dition; then to words in ation, as trituration, botheration; and so on for a month or two, till the category of ordinary words is exhausted. But our Schoolmaster can ha tender and pathetic as well as sarcastic and humorous ; witness, in the . _ . _ chapter on the education of girls, entitled "Place ass Dames," the following touching and evidently truthful recollection : A. TRIBUTE. And once upon a time, Reader —a long, long whil e ago —I knew a schoolmaster; and that schoolm , ster had a wife. And she was young, and fair, and learned ; like that princess-pupil of old Aschain ; fair and learned as Sydney's Awl her %mine waa ever soft. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, ..T na e 18. Fier Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice, Bt' tended by Aidlle Norelle, went to Claremont So' terday afternoon, and visited the Queen Marie The Dean of Westminster and Lady Augusta Stanley had the honour of dining with her MajestY and the Royal Family. The Duchess of Wellington left the Castle thi° mornirg for London. The Queen drove in the grounds this sraorniog attended by Lady Augusta Stanley. Her Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Haig, returned from London. JUNE 19 His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended 0.1 Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon. Earl De Grey and Ripon and the Dean of var isto church also arrived. The Queen, Prince Alf re d, P r i nc ess lie' Ds' Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leol?t' le , and Princess Beatrice, and the Ladies and Gent , men in Waiting attended Di v i ne serv i ce this In° r 0 ing in the private chapel; th e V er y R e v. the P e ' o of Christchurch preached the sermon. The Prince and Princess of Wales. he The Prince of Wales rod e on horseback in t rorenoon on Saturday, attended by Lieut...o°lo° Keppel. • - jed The Prince and Princess of Wales, acconiP" o r. by Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, took riage drive. 03 -E1 The Prince of Wales a n d P r i nce L o uis of 0 attended by Lieut.-Colonel Kepp e l a nd Captaill!: I Westerweller, went to a conversazione at College of Physicians. ; 0 of The Princess of Wales and th e Princess Lc ill " 1 •a Hesse went to the Italian Op era , C ovent Garde 13 ', the evening, attended by th e M arc hi ones s of C j r marthen, Baroness v on G rancy, an d Mr. AV 6c) , c a stle, e Mr. E ng e r l e e h ars a t o the i t , i nb bridal the d a Ip n gr a ii m fat ceferosofsmt the Wa les :u e asd Duke e of : eo i e dc : cask: t, offd presented as the ladies of New South Wales. The Prbce and Princess of Wales, with the M ard chioness of Girmarthen and Lieut.. Colonel .RePPeei i in waiting, attended Divine service at the COP Royal, St, Jametee, yesterday morning. The Communion eervice was read by the B e ' c' ; the Subdean, the Rev. .R. C. Packman, aLtd Rev. H. M. Birch. The Rev. H. M. Birch p reached th e Berms:l fr°ll: St. Matthew, chapter 17, latter part of vorse " Hear ye Him." ft The Prince and Princess Louis o f Hesse Marlborough House at half-past one o'clock- 1° Windsor Castle. party on Saturday even ing, di,:, T li snt. e e r ijra ß rai o e y sv a s l aim; e, expressl pHighness the Duchess of Canabrfdge had a dinner the Grand Duke of Mcckl • d 'P r enburg-Strelitz before his I ture fot . Germany. oyal Highnet;ges the Count and Cou ow es: ytomeet i a li t ohyeari Breiagidb :cos: --) GRth e lieagd P h2e3t a ta r oH i no s efo w nja i .un il ndthe h .9a onour Frances Countess Waldegreve it their presence at her ball at Strawberry Hill on Thera ‘ Wt The Archbishopcshe l a e n c Chancellor e o p l l f a o t dinner °n Saturday 0 Lambeth Palace. The Marquis and Marchioness ot' AilesbarY rrtCyoafantttht.derbury received the returned to their residence in Pall-mall on Saturday ece.: ing, from attending the marriage Pf Lord and Lat.'YEIPIII-. sw ine, at Dunmore Park, near Falkii.k, N.B. the equer and lqrs• The ltarl de Grey, who left town a iter Cabinet Coun..7il on S a t ur day on a visit to her ;kiss returned to town this morning, on The Earl of Wiltoi left Grosvenor.square Saturday for Cowes, Isle of Wight, for a few days. Field4Marshal Viscount and Viscountess CO! bermere will leave town in the c ourse of the present vleoes: for Combermare Abbey, Chesh ire. The noble and gall: i'.. b viscount and viscountess inten d to visit Buxton this seabed Lord and Lady Egerton of Tattoo. entertalnct hi s E xce llency Baron Bentinck, the Earl a nd Countess w .' Erne, the Earl and Countess of Airlie, the Earl aud Cotue Less of Galloway and Lady Helen Stewart, the Canny; (Dow.) of Essex, Lord William Hay, Lord Edward Ca . _ peel, Mrs Raahleigh, dish, Mr and Lady Virginia Sandars, dinixe r Sir Joseph Paxton, Colonel Mure, Mr 80., at re. on Saturday at the family mansion in St. James's .squa Lady Churchill has arrived at the Ste Gt.torga Hotel. gentle, and low, Reader : an excellent thing in woma And her fingers were quick at needlework, and nimble all a housewife's cunning. And she could draw sweet raw from the ivory board; and sweeter, stranger music fro the dull life of her schoolmaster-husband. And she svP slow of heart to understand mischief, but her feet ran swi to do good. And she was simple with the simplicity girlhood, and wise with the wisdom that cometh eanly of tb Lord,—cometh only to the children of the kingdom. An her sweet, young life was as a Morning Hymn, sung b child-voices to rich organ music. Time shall throw h , dart at Death, ere Death has slain such another. For she died, reader : a long, long while ago. And stood once by her grave ; her green grave, not far froi dear Dunedin. Died, reader—for all she was so fair an , young, and l earne d, an d s i mp l e, an d goo d. And lam t o ' it made a great difference to that schoolmaster. And, again, here is an emphatic appeal from th heart of the Schoolmaster to his fellow labourers THE SCHOOLMASTER. Then shall he put into their tiny hands the interestin: and exhaustive Biographies of the great Busbtquiri Bungfungus; and by homeeopathic treatment each Bi° graphy shall be made to occupy many weeks; so that the iu reading the death of Palzeologus, and Nithro' barzanes, and other favouri:e heroes, may have forgotten till circumstances of their lives. And if they read a fable, the) shall read it in minute portions, so that, on arriving at the tail or moral, they m a y b e una bl e to app l y it to t he boo)* And in their daily re e di ngs t h ey s h a ll con tinually 01 ' their verbal and synt a ctic f ormu w, which shall sou nd liki mystic hymns in the ears o f t h e i r d e li g h te d parents. With this very e l oquent d e fi n i t i on o f the dign it y and duty of the sch oo l master we ta k e l ea ve et t blj very thoughtful an d very i nterest i ng volume.